Clinical significance of Fas and FasL protein expression in gastric carcinoma and local lymph node tissues

Table 4 Expression of Fas and FasL in patients with or without lymph node metastasis of gastric carcinoma

Item (cases)	Fas		P value	FasL		P value
	Positive	Negative		Positive	Negative
Sex
Male (38)	11	27	χ2 = 0.777	29	9	χ2 = 0.086
Female (26)	5	21	0.378	19	7	0.769
Age (yr)
< 40 (9)	3	6		6	3
40-49 (20)	5	15		18	2
50-59 (19)	6	13	χ2 = 2.105	15	4	χ2 = 5.891
> 60 (16)	2	14	0.551	9	7	0.117
Lymph node metastasis
Yes (41)	10	31	χ2 = 0.023	29	12	χ2 = 1.109
No (23)	6	17	0.880	19	4	0.292